(NAME-MCE) Job Postings: Visiting Prof. in Secondary Teacher Educ. & Visiting Professor in Elementary Education

[Michelle Dunlap]

Hi all, passing along the following at Connecticut College.  Thanks so 
much, Michelle

Secondary Education
Curriculum and Methods
One-year appointment, August, 2007

The Education Department at Connecticut College invites applications
for a full-time, one-year, Visiting Professor in Secondary Teacher
Education to begin fall 2007. We are especially interested in scholars
with a firm grounding in critical pedagogy/theory. Candidates with
teaching experience in public schools and who have worked with
school-university partnerships in contexts of diversity will be given
preference. We seek creative and caring candidates, committed to the
socio-political project of reimagining schools as sites of social
justice and agency. As Connecticut College is a liberal arts
institution, the ability to teach across disciplinary boundaries is
essential. This is an opportunity to become part of a small, dynamic
team of teacher-scholars dedicated to developing critical educators and
teacher candidates ready to take on their role as public intellectuals
in the twenty-first century. 
 
Required Qualifications: Earned doctorate (PhD. or EdD.) or near
completion. A strong concentration in curriculum theory/methods and/or
measurement /evaluation/assessment or related field.  Knowledge and
understanding of curriculum theory from the standpoint of critical
pedagogy. Teaching experience at the secondary/middle school level. 

Desired Qualifications: Demonstrated knowledge of critical
theory/pedagogy and commitment to social justice issues in public
schools; strong quantitative and/or qualitative data analysis skills;
program evaluation experience; expertise in evaluation, testing,
accountability, differentiated instruction and/or authentic assessment;
knowledge of educational technology and integrating technology in
classroom curriculum; and K-12 teaching experience in urban settings,
especially in math or science. 

Responsibilities:  Based on a normal yearly teaching load for visiting
faculty members, the successful candidate will teach up to five courses
in curriculum methods, assessment and evaluation to pre-service teacher
candidates; other responsibilities will include advising teacher
candidates and participating in ongoing collaboratives with public
school colleagues, as well as ordinary participation in the life of the
department and college.

Salary and benefits will be competitive. Applicants should submit a
cover letter, curriculum vitae, three letters of recommendation and
unofficial graduate transcripts. In addition, candidates should submit
a description of their teaching philosophy. The search process will
begin immediately and continue until the position is filled. First
round interviews with qualified candidates will take place either at
AERA in Chicago in April or by telephone.

Connecticut College is a private, highly selective liberal arts college
with strong commitment to the liberal arts tradition and an emphasis on
broad interdisciplinary teaching and research. The college is an
Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed by
mission to developing diversity and sustaining a diverse faculty and
staff. Contact:  Professor Sandy Grande, Box 5338, Bolles House,
Connecticut College, 270 Mohegan Ave, New London, CT 06320. 

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Elementary Education
Literacy and Multicultural Children’s Literature
Two-year appointment, August, 2007

The Education Department at Connecticut College invites applications
for a full-time, two-year Visiting Professor in Elementary Education to
begin fall 2007. We are especially interested in scholars with a firm
grounding in critical pedagogy/theory. Candidates with teaching
experience in public schools and who have worked with school-university
partnerships in contexts of diversity will be given preference. We seek
creative and caring candidates, committed to the socio-political
project of reimagining schools as sites of social justice and agency.
As Connecticut College is a liberal arts institution, the ability to
teach across disciplinary boundaries is essential. This is an
opportunity to become part of a small, dynamic team of teacher-scholars
dedicated to developing critical educators and teacher candidates ready
to take on their role as public intellectuals in the twenty-first
century. 
 
Required Qualifications: Required Qualifications: Earned doctorate or
near completion; PK-6 teaching experience. We seek candidates who
understand literacy teaching as the analysis and critique of the
relationships among texts, language, power, social groups and social
practices. 

	
Desired Qualifications: Demonstrated excellence in undergraduate
teaching of literacy and multicultural children’s literature. Expertise
in developmental reading, assessment and remediation procedures in
reading and language arts with experience in urban settings. A
commitment to social justice issues in public schools. 

Responsibilities: The candidate will be expected to 1) teach three or
four courses a year in critical literacy and multicultural children’s
literature; 2) supervise a small group of senior student teachers in
local elementary schools; 3) advise teacher candidates, and 4)
participate in ongoing collaboratives with public school colleagues.

Salary and benefits will be competitive. Applicants should submit a
cover letter, curriculum vitae, three letters of recommendation and
unofficial graduate transcripts. In addition, candidates should submit
a description of their teaching philosophy and how it reflects an
understanding of literacy as noted above. The search process will begin
immediately and continue until the position is filled. First round of
interviews with qualified candidates will take place either at AERA in
Chicago in April or by telephone.

Connecticut College is a private, highly selective liberal arts college
with strong commitment to the liberal arts tradition and an emphasis on
broad interdisciplinary teaching and research. The college is an
Affirmative Action/Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed by
mission to developing diversity and sustaining a diverse faculty and
staff. Contact:  Professor Mike James, Box 5444, Bolles House,
Connecticut College, 270 Mohegan Ave, New London, CT 06320. 


 
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